All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Determinants of Head and Neck Tumor Cell Invasion, Yangguan Wu
Dissertation: Exploring Participation Processes for Technology Development: Case studies of Biotechnology Research and Development Projects in Thailand, Omjai Yuktavetya
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on Aquatic Nuisance Species, Amr Abou-Ghazala
Thesis: Why Do Not All Separatist Movements Aim for Secession? The Cases of Chechnia and Tatarstan, Mesut Acar
Dissertation: Vortex Wake and Exhaust Plume Interaction, Including Ground Effect, Ihab Gaber Adam
Dissertation: Market Reaction to Seasoned Equity Offerings: The Relevance of Leverage, Growth Opportunities, and Corporate Structure, Mojib U. Ahmed
Dissertation: Studies on the Biology of Striga aspera (Scrophulariaceae) in Nigeria, Emmanuel Izaka Aigbokhan
Thesis: The Effect of Floor Sitting Posture on Low-back Pain, Knee Pain and Hip Pain Among Kuwaiti Men, Sameera H. Al-Jedi
Dissertation: Field Emission and Breakdown Processes in Vacuum Gaps with SiO(X)-Coated Cathodes, Raymond Jack Allen III
Thesis: Explosive Vapor Generation and Sampling in Conjunction with Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Saeed H. Almeer
Thesis: Patellofemoral Joint Compressive Forces During Backward and Forward Running at the Same Speed, Hesham N. Alrowayeh
Thesis: Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Qatari People, Najat Abdrabbo J. Saleh Al-Salahi
Dissertation: A Hierarchical Filtering-Based Monitoring Architecture for Large-scale Distributed Systems, Ehab Salem Al-Shaer
Thesis: Shoreline Change Modeling as a Tool in Coastal Environmental Management, Jorge Espinoza Amaguana
Dissertation: Measurement of Hospital Performance: Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Cost, Debra Kay Dierksmeier Anderson
Dissertation: Measuring and Evaluating Sales Force Training Effectiveness: A Proposed and an Empirically Tested Model, Ashraf Magdy Attia
Dissertation: Retracing Gender Bias and the Validity of Believed Differences Between Male and Female Coaches of Women's Basketball, Melissa Baile
Dissertation: Analyzing the Effects of Display Characteristics and Cognitive Variables on Performance Using Keystroke and Eye Movement Data, Orhan E. Beckman
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Tumors and Their Remote Metastases, Carryn Bellomo
Dissertation: The Influence of Model Features on Goodness-of-Fit Indices: Choosing Indices to Evaluate Your Model, Andrea E. Berndt
Thesis: Architectural Optimization of Digital Libraries, Aileen O. Biser
Dissertation: Three Essays on European Union Advances Toward a Single Currency and Its Implications for Business and Investors, Charlotte Anne Bond
Dissertation: Thermodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Human Stress Responses, Satish C. Boregowda
Thesis: The Effect of Jogging on Anterior Knee Laxity After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Fawzi F. Bouzubar
Dissertation: Non-Volatile Dissolved Organic Iodine in Marine Water, Xianhao Cheng
Dissertation: Expression, Isolation and Purification of Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3, Ting-Fung Chi
Dissertation: Predicting Academic Success of Entering Freshmen at an Urban University Through the Assessment of Oral and Written Language Competency, Karen D. Cobbs
Thesis: Determination of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Residues on Polypeptides in Secondary Wastewaters, Edward L. Creecy
Dissertation: Ecology of the Eastern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon p. piscivorus) at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge: A Comparative Study of Natural and Anthropogenic Marsh Habitats, Chad Lee Cross
Thesis: Evaluation of Airport Operating Efficiencies Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Scott Andrew Cummings
Thesis: A Two Dimensional Distributed Hydrological Model for Infiltrating Watersheds with Channel Networks, Donald Lee Currey
Dissertation: Relative Gains Problem and Case Studies of Economic Cooperation in East Asia, Ping Deng
Thesis: Changes in Small Mammal Community Attributes Associated with Increasing Pine Stand Age in Managed Pine Plantations in Southeastern Virginia, James Douglas Dolan
Thesis: Effect of Sampling Errors on Estimates of Recruitment and Fishing Mortality from Separable Virtual Population Analysis, Emmanis Dorval
Thesis: Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of the Expression of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Protein Levels in Baboon Placenta, Kathleen Elizabeth Dunstan
Dissertation: An Alternative Method for Determining Adjusted Function Points as the Basis for Software Cost Estimating, William Alexander Eldred
Dissertation: Microhollow Cathode Discharge Excimer Lamps, Ahmed El-Habachi
Thesis: A Needs Assessment for a Distance Education Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program for Associate Degree Level Dental Hygienist, Joan Gugino Ellison
Thesis: A Study of Child Abuse: Race Gender and Family Structure, Linda Wyatt Faircloth
Dissertation: A Discovery-Oriented Process Study of Enactment in Family Therapy: Development of the Family Therapy Enactment Rating Scale, Elizabeth Ong-Mythuan Fong
Dissertation: Meta-Ethnographic Development of a Dialogue Methodology Applied to Organization Discourse, Shelley P. Gallup
Thesis: Communication to Reduce Embarrassment Between Individualistic and Collectivistic Cultures, Puvana Ganesan
Dissertation: Study of Human Factors Variables in Battle Outcome Prediction Models, David Andrew Glovier
Thesis: Assessing Levels of Cooperation Between PACE and Patrol Officers in the City of Norfolk Virginia Police Department, Michael G. Goldsmith
Dissertation: Urban University Adjunct Faculty Perceptions of Professional Development Needs, Merodie Anne Hancock
Dissertation: Error-Correcting Codes Associated With Generalized Hadamard Matrices Over Groups, Iem H. Heng
Dissertation: Municipal Involvement in International Relations, John Jack William Hilgers
Dissertation: Studies of Warm-Core Rings Using a Particle-in-Cell Method, John James Holdzkom II
Thesis: Development of Fluorescent Techniques in the Kinetic Characterization of Reverse Transcriptase, Kevin Kevin Howerton
Dissertation: Public Journalism, the Second Level of Agenda-Setting and Public Policy: The Role of the Daily Press Newspaper in Creating, Framing and Fostering the Issues of Regionalism and Consolidation on the Virginia Peninsula, 1944-1996, Shannon O'Bier Jackson
Thesis: Understanding Juror Decisions: The Influence of Other Jurors' votes, Unanimous Versus Majority Decision Rule, and Juror Gender, La Donna Flanagan James
Dissertation: Nonlinear Stability and Control of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers, Erik Janke
Thesis: Chemical Modification of CVD Diamond Electrodes, Robert Matthew Johnson
Dissertation: Characterization of the Biological Functions of Human Recombinant Zona Pellucida Protein 3, Yu Wen Juan
Dissertation: Approximate Analytical Relationships for Linear Optimal Aeroelastic Flight Control Laws, Ayman Hamdy Kassem
Thesis: Wei Jingsheng and the Democracy Movement in Post-Mao China, Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of Corporate Diversification and Control on Division Risk-Taking Strategy and Performance, Hae Ryong Kim
Dissertation: System Identification and Control of Cavity Noise Reduction, Chien-Hsun Kuo
Dissertation: Experimental Geometry Optimization Techniques for Multi-Element Airfoils, Drew Landman
Dissertation: Inversion and Analysis of Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Water Vapor Measurements at 940nm, Jack Cutler Larsen
Thesis: Comparison of the EMG Activity of the Supraspinatus and Infraspinatus Muscles During Various Closed Chain Exercises, I-Chen Lin
Thesis: Efficacy of AllowashTM Solution in Solubilization of Bone Marrow, Alyce Marie Linthurst
Dissertation: Factor Analysis of the MMPI-A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Analyses, Lisa Kay McCarthy
Dissertation: Effects of an Interview Guide on the Accuracy of Ratings for Applicants with Disabilities, Catherine Quinn Greenwald Mergen
Dissertation: Pressure-Induced Intracellular Signaling in Isolated Arteries, Victor A. Miriel
Dissertation: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF): Murine Preimplantation Embryo Development, Implantation Rates, and Skeletal Development, Michael Hayes Mitchell
Dissertation: The Influence of an Early Childhood Program on the Academic Achievement, Attendance, and Attitudes of Urban At-Risk Students, Daisy McCray Murphy
Dissertation: Superconvergence in Iterated Solutions of Integral Equations, Peter A. Padilla
Thesis: Modeling Environmental Effects on MSX Prevalence and Intensity in Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Populations, Michelle Christine Paraso
Dissertation: The Role of Glycoconjugates in Mediating Human Fertilization and Induction of Fetomaternal Tolerance, Manish S. Patankar
Dissertation: The Cluster Multipole Algorithm for Far-Field Computations, Rakesh R. Patel
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of High-Field, High-Temperature SiC Devices, Sanjay Pathak
Dissertation: Measurement of Perceived Service Quality of Selected Dental Specialists, David P. Paul III
Dissertation: Men Who Batter: Personality Variables, Relationship Variables, and Treatment Outcome, Lisa M. Petrica
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being and Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents, Susan M. Pittenger
Dissertation: A Psychophysiological Assessment of the Efficacy of Event-Related Potentials and Electroencephalogram for Adaptive Task Allocation, Lawrence J. Prinzel III
Dissertation: Essay I. Intra-Industry Contagion and Competitive Effects Associated With Corporate Liquidation Announcements: Does Shareholder Governance Influence the Results? Essay II. Investors' Pricing of Exchange Rate Risk in U. S. Firms That File for Bankruptcy, J. Terry Ray
Dissertation: Skin-Stiffener Separation in Buckled Composite Plates and Shallow Shells, Mark Edward Robeson
Dissertation: Sparse Equation-Eigen Solvers for Symmetric/Unsymmetric Positive-Negative-Indefinite Matrices with Finite Element and Linear Programming Applications, Hakakizumwami Birali Runesha
Thesis: Course Selection Factors Deemed Important by Dental Hygienists Prior to and After the Initiation of Mandatory Continuing Education in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Melissa Lynn Sainsbury
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Leadership Styles of Prison Wardens: A Case Study of Public Adult Prisons Within Virginia, Nancy Elizabeth Santiago
Dissertation: Consortia as Technology Innovation Management Vehicles: Toward a Framework for Success in Venture Based Public-Private Partnerships, Ralph B. Saunders II
Thesis: The Effects of Fabry-Perot Fringing on the Sensitivity of a Wavelength Modulation Experiment, Patrick C. Shea
Dissertation: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composite Beam Stability and Load and Resistance Factor Design Approach, Mojtaba B. Sirjani
Dissertation: The Solution of Hypersingular Integral Equations With Applications in Acoustics and Fracture Mechanics, Richard S. St. John
Dissertation: Multiple Streams Synchronization in Collaborative Multimedia Systems, Emilia Stoica
Thesis: A Calibrated Shoreline Change Model for the Southeast Atlantic Ocean Coast of Virginia, Prasert Vangsantitrakul
Thesis: Collapsing the Philosophy/Rhetoric Disjunct: Nietzsche, Plato and the Perspectival Turn, Ned Vankevich
Dissertation: Mouse Embryo Development in the Presence of Capsaicin, Carlos Santiago Villar-Gosalvez
Dissertation: The Convenience Orientation of Services Consumers: An Empirical Examination, Patricia Kramer Voli
Dissertation: Reaction-Diffusion Models of Cancer Dispersion, Kim Yvette Ward
Thesis: The Causes and Consequences of Migration: The Case of Chinese Women, Janet L. Warren
Thesis: Racial Differences in Rape Myth Acceptance Among College Women, LeKeshia M. Washington
Thesis: Institutions, Developmental Alliances, and Economic Development in Korea and Brazil (1950-1985), Charles Paul Winebarger
Dissertation: Acute Blood Pressure Responses to Static and Dynamic Exercise: Racial Differences, Reuben Leon Wright
Thesis: Reliability of the Dynamic Gait Index in Vestibular Disorders, Diane M. Wrisley
Thesis: A Paleoenvironmental Study of a Middle Wisconsinan Biota Site, Russell County, Virginia, Thomas C. Wynn
Dissertation: Validation of the Risk and Needs Assessment Used in the Classification for Parole and Probation of Virginia's Adult Criminal Offenders, George Michael Yacus
Thesis: The Geomorphological History of an Alluvial Fan Complex in Nelson County, Virginia, Melinda Ann Youngblood
Dissertation: A Framework for Controlling Quality of Sessions in Multimedia Systems, Alaa S. Youssef